Obama right to use executive authority in health care

Tennessee Republican chairman Chris Devaney commented in the July 12 op-ed "U.S. needs statesmen in the image of Washington," that George Washington faced a constitutional crisis in obtaining ratification of the 1796 Jay Treaty as a means of averting another war with Britain. Congressional approval of the treaty was required, and because it was the rule of law, Washington sent the treaty to Congress.

Mr. Devaney states "in stark contrast of our first president's deference to the rule of law, President Barack Obama has shown time and time again utter disdain for any limits on executive authority."

Obama may have exceeded his executive authority with the Affordable Care Act, which is philosophically conservative in that it reduces big government's role in health care and shifts responsibility to the individual. I believe the American people will refine this imperfect health-care experiment and turn it into a model other countries will consider adopting.

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Obama right to use executive authority in health care

I believe the American people will refine President Obama's imperfect health-care experiment and turn it into a model other countries will consider adopting.